Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-24
AMALGAM OF RACES.
SPECULATIVE VIEW OF THE So
uID!FiCATION OF THE RACES.

Thousands OF Years Hence When All
Weakness Shall Have Been Eiimin-
ated.
One of the subjects which excites the atten-
ton of thinkers is the probable outcome of the
commingling of races throughout the world.
The result is, of course, purely matter OF
speculation, as there are no data whatever
frcm which may be deduced an exact concll-
sion. There are those who lean to the opinion
that in the course of many centuries, all race
distinction will disappear, and a human
amalgam, homogeneous in its qualities, will
take the place of the present interminable
variety.
This country has more interest in this ques-
lion than any other 1t is an enormous reser-
voir into which are being poured streams
| from all the racial sources. The homo
geneous amalgam, if ever formed, viii crys-
| tallize on this continent: and here will be
| located the ultimate results of race adnixt-
ure. What viii be the nature OF this com
position? 1t is not thing whose occurrence
| is so near that we have personal interest IN
| it; nevertheless, the inspirations OF curiosity
| ara such that we cannot help glancinS into
| the remote future with the hope that we may
| get a glimpse of the product Of the process OF
distillation. Ono may not see anything with
| precision at this distance, but the imagination
| may discover a condition of things which, If
| not exact, may at least be characterized by
curious qualities.
THE FINAL soLIDTFICATiON.
The believers in the final qualification of
tire various races conclude, Of course, that the
distinctions now prevailing between white,
negro and Indian in this country viii be OBJ
liberated Tho processes of absorption viii
not only necessarily wipe out these three
races as such, but they viii include and dis
pose of the diverse nationalities which already,
in the presence Of German, Irish, French,
Scandinavian, Spanish, Italian and the like
elements, form 50 large q portion OF this
country. If such a work shall be done, it
will be one of the grandest ever undertaken by
nature Nothing in the Iabors even Of the
chemistry which has constructed universes
from few simple gases would be the equal
in magnitude and Importance OF this colossal
effort.
If the teachings in regard to heredity are
reliable, then we may he certain that iii the
final composition there will be no essential
traits now in existence that will be wanting.
In more attenuated form, but nevertheless
existent and tangible, will be a strain Of
Yankee shrewdness, Of British obstinacy, Of
Italian subtlety, Indian craft, African gross
EeSs. German transcendentalism, French
suavity, with possibly faint Of the tastes OF
the cannibal and something of the course
gustatory tendencies of the Esquiniaux. 1t
is logical, in view of the teachings of modern
science to conclude that the stronger of these
qualities will prevail, and that while none OF
them will ever become extinct many will be
come merely rudimentary, modifying TO
very limited degree the characteristics of the
whole. The fittest will survive, and hence we
may frame a guess as to the rough outlines
Of the compact result
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEsT.
Grouping the more potent Of the race quail
ties which will be likely to survive in a recog
nizable form, we may construct the man Of
the far future as one who has lost the hue of
white which now dominates civilization. The
blood OF the African will darken the cheek
Of the coming man until there will come n
time when the existence of races of whites
win have passed into the regions of the
legendary HIS will not be the tint Of the
mnatto, but the result of the spreading on a
white ground of q mixture, black, yellow.
red, and other darksome hucs, and which
will be a rich bronze, equally removed from
the repellant black and the eiTeminate pallor
Of the ruling races Exposed to the deSiccat-
i've influence of this climate he viii be thin
ner than the average man of the continent at
this time and will possess an endurance, a
longevity. a healthfulness far above those of
the present period. The extent of the life of
this man viii he far above the century, for in
the evolution Of qualities the more robust
viii survive.
He viii very largely have increased the
size and value of the human brain, and hence
viii occupy an immeasureably higher intel
lectual station. The political and social
experiments and the mechanical achievements
OF q period like the present one viii seem to
hm-if there shall remain any record Of
what we have done-as crude ind barbarouS
in the extreme He viii have mastered the
most important secrets Of nature, and, aided
by this knowledge, will be able to WELD
powers and command results which wo now
would ascribe rs the especial property Of ON
impotence. He will have bridled the cyclone
and put q harness on the earthquake and the
storm. Containing in himself all the better
qualities strained through a thousand centu-
ries, with the evil, the weakness, of the
present human nature eliminated he viii ne a
god-Chicago Times.